Re: --help not working in 0.8.1 (w/patch)
BTW, has anyone other than me successfully used the "sdist" command, specifically written and processed a MANIFEST.in file, under Windows yet?
Looks like there's a bug in the native_path() function and that's why the forward-slashes in commands like this: include/autotest.py don't get translated into Windows-style paths like this: include\autotest.py I think once you look at the current implementation of native_path() you'll see the problem; but I've attached a patch which I think does what you originally intended there. Hope this helps, Lyle
On 24 April 2000, Lyle Johnson said:
Looks like there's a bug in the native_path() function and that's why the forward-slashes in commands like this: [...] I think once you look at the current implementation of native_path() you'll see the problem; but I've attached a patch which I think does what you originally intended there.
A-ha! Actually, I probably would never have noticed that -- it's one of those colossally stupid bugs that are instantly obvious to a second pair of eyeballs, but never to the original programmer (at least if the original programmer was me). Debugging is indeed parallelizable. Thanks a bunch -- patch fixed, checked in, and Distutils 0.8.2 will be out shortly. Greg -- Greg Ward - Unix geek gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ In space, no one can hear you fart.
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